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Thursday night, metro police southside officers stopped a suspicious car that reeked of marijuana, according to a police report.

After halting a passenger who pulled a gun from his jacket, officers found more than 18 grams of marijuana inside the vehicle.

All this occurred while an eight-month-old child sat unrestrained in a car seat.

And to cap it all off, the mother of the baby, who was summoned to the scene to pick up the child, also was arrested.

A detailed report of the incident painted the scene:

At 7:10 p.m., a metro police officer spotted a Toyota Camry on Inglewood Drive near Edgewater Road with temporary tags from Dan Vaden Nissan. Knowing that at least three vehicles had been stolen from the dealership days ago, officers decided to stop the Toyota, the report stated.

Walking up to the car, officers smelled marijuana. As the driver of the vehicle, 32-year-old Jamaal Chisholm, rolled down his window, the scent of marijuana intensified, the report stated.

Chisholm was asked to step out of the car and placed in handcuffs. Meanwhile, the adult passenger of the vehicle, 20-year-old Jordan Ellison, pulled a pistol out of his jacket and set it on his lap, the report stated.

Another metro officer standing near the passenger side of the vehicle saw the gun and took swift action.

“Put your hands up,” the officer said. “Don’t touch the gun.”

The .25-caliber handgun was secured and Ellison was placed under arrest. A search of Ellison turned up a small bag holding 1.1 grams of suspected marijuana, the report stated. Another search of the Toyota turned up a grocery bag containing a large bag holding 17.4 grams of marijuana and a digital scale. Officers also found three mobile phones, and at least one contained text messages suggesting drug sales, the report stated.

After the two men were placed in custody, officers called the mother of Ellison’s eight-month-old son, who was unrestrained in a car seat in the back of the Toyota.

The child’s mother, 27-year-old Tangenia Pierce, arrived on the scene but also was arrested when officers found her driver’s license was suspended and the sport utility vehicle she drove was uninsured. Another family member with a valid driver’s license was summoned to the scene to pick up the child, according to the report.

Chisholm, Ellison and Pierce all were booked into the Chatham County jail.

Metro police southside Capt. Richard Zapal said the Toyota was not one of the three vehicles stolen from the dealership. Two of those vehicles recently were recovered, he said.

“It was outstanding work,” Zapal said of the job done by his officers. “A routine drug stop turned into a felony drug arrest. It’s bad enough to be smoking dope in the first place. You’re smoking dope in the car ... with an eight-month-old child in the back seat.

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